Show Allia amusements the old when denman thompson brought oat out the old homestead at the academy of music in new york city it was a pronounced 0 success the P play I 1 ay ire treated ate tron with a subject close to the heart of 0 thousands of 0 people in the great t C city 1 it C carrying 1 them back to chiviles chi childhoods liles hoo 1 I 1 days y and stirring thoughts and feelings and memories of old associations which had in ma many ny cases caffes laid dormant for years the play is true to nature in its exhibition of 0 rural ral new england life and sad in the hands of the excellent company led by that sterling actor denman th thompson 0 m son as joshua whitcomb it started the tears from eyes that had been dry for years its sto story r y ia is a IL pure and wholesome one teaching tea hing chine a lesson abhat that many a pr produced sermon has aimed at and rod yet fallen short of since its first production the piece has bal an unprecedented ce ca run each year at the academy occupying the entire season wherever the play has boon been presented and that is in almost every city in the country it has bad had a wonderful erfaL success not only the press but the pulpit of the country have been loud load in its pr prague aitse since the original production of the piece three companies have been engaged in its is this country there is no in the merit of any of them they are all composed of the its best talent obtainable for the p peculiar parts presented the company which appears at the grand opera housa house on monday and Tuneo tuesday ings next gaii h a number 0 of the original gins people in the cast and is the one selected tor for its intrinsic merit to make the tour to the pacific coast the cast la is aa as follows including many well known people joshua mank whitcomb iccomb archie boyd prime 1 james F dean 0 1 1 dippy P P cwi ae I or t frederick jack HAZ Ha hazzard rd frank hopkins james norris eb baney fat ncy theodore theodor kb F price john freeman E Z towns aunt MAtLIdA mat ida whitcomb miss henrietta irving rickety ann I 1 miss M ml bena ahna cloward ho ruml miss ii life patterson ratte mits ann mill adelaide crawford maggio miss bett lottie tart art neill nellie freeman milt atto green acell mn mrs henry hopkins I 1 miss maj may stevens boysen judg judge patterson Pal teron 1 I X 0 n it rogers aniro rw one of tabe finest mn mrs francois mcguire I 1 F 0 pat clancy reuben whitcomb elmer B X roy 07 hoboken Ilo bolcen tenor daniel regan the dude aba morgan V U 8 utter letter carrier a L T patch rotc ien holbrook Holb root beut perking IV W alien allen mr mrs murdock miss lottie lottle the three stratton girls amiss Ni ismal boysen aln ka kale oreen green the scene of the first act is at the old homestead the farm of the whitcombe Whit comba I 1 Swan swansea Sw ansei seaN N 11 II dar during i ng the act the bold old homestead d double on his male quartette composed of norrie norris wood boy roy to townes ades rodgers clare and sinford sanford render reader I 1 some very pleasing vocal selections the second act is laid in the interior of the hopkins mansion new york city the third act is ther tha renowned grace church at night scene broadway new york city daring darin Z this act the palm service Is rendered in full by jamel norrie and the old homestead choir of twelve voices the fourth act is laid in the kitchen of the old homestead where the chanow now lamona famous rock a bye song arock ia is sung sun by hat hittie a E price and a quartette t ette th this le engagement should ba be the largest ever filling the grand opera douse as every one should see searh rh 0 old homestead Ho every 11 R BILL another season of pure comedy ed will follow the engagement of I 1 the I 1 old homestead company at the grand on friday and saturday evening evenings 01 of t this week by tha the presentation here for or the first time of the comedy success of the garden theater new york dr bill this charming comedy has made friends whoever ever it ba has been seen and its presentation hero here by a first class clam company will certainly not lessen its record as aa a popular favorite coming the month mouth ot of december is to be a peculiarly bright one in the line ot of amusements opening en an it does dow with the old homestead followed by dr bill on the ath and the esth will see grismer and phoebe daa in ogden for the first time in two years both oll favorites and ex cellen actors of the legitimate drama on the dinst the popular little georgie georgia cooper will once more appear before an ogden audience in little lord fauntleroy with the same company as last year there will be a matinee and evening performance for mance the matinee will be oe a childrens festival on the the long expected charity ball and dolls fair will take place at the grand opera house Hom when ewhen society expects to spend a day ol 01 of pleasure and a night of dancing the proceeds to RO go to the ogden charitable association for the benefit of the poor of this city Gil mores devils auction brighter funnier more entertain entertaining in 9 than ever one of the beat spectacular troops on the road will nil fill a one night engagement at the grand on the lath dinst skipped by the light of the moon that excellent skit which passed ogden by on its way to the coast will play a onti one night engagement hereupon here upon the return trip december aist the salt lake press spoke well of the performance in that city and it will undoubtedly prove a pleasurable one here on the dinst the US U S mail carriers of the ogden poat office fice will rive give their annual ball on the new now floor of the grand the boys are working hard to make the affelt the success it deserves to be and will no doubt succeed balls seem to be the order of the month of december for the mail carri carrier ersle to be followed on the slat by a grand ball given by the ever popular oad ogden a n braes brass band their excellent music has always a witching effect upon it hearers bearers and those who can resist the temptation to trip the light fantastic will be hardened indeed As yet no engagement has been announced for christmas but the managers of the 0 opera pers house sav say that there is a cha chance n ce of offering something specialty good on that night but as yet they cannot promise |